Casey Thompson plans to return to Nebraska football in 2023, his father Charles Thompson confirmed to Husker247 Monday night.
While the 2022 Nebraska starting quarterback will need time to heal from various injuries suffered last fall (thrown shoulder, ulnar nerve damage to his right arm and contusion to his elbow), his experience and tenacity make it without arguably the most valuable player. matte ruler could stay on the roster for his first season as NU coach.
Thompson would be a sixth-year senior in 2023, after a year in which he battled injuries at c.complete 63% of his passes (173 of 274) for 2,407 yards and 17 touchdowns, while adding five rushing touchdowns.
The quarterback threw for over 300 yards three times in the season, becoming the fifth quarterback in Husker history to do so. He finished in style in Nebraska’s 24-17 win over Iowa, throwing for 278 yards on a 20-of-30 pass.
“We got closer than necessary,” Thompson said after the win. “I think we could have done 400 throws, 500 yards.”
After that game, he told reporters that he needed time to heal his body and process some things before deciding on his next move for 2023. As important as all this December, he got his master’s degree in science applied.
“The demands of playing quarterback at this level here at the University of Nebraska is a blessing, but sometimes it’s a curse because you have to deal with so many things,” said Thompson after the game against Iowa about his upcoming decision.
The quarterback knew then that he would need time to heal. Among the injuries he says he sustained is a torn right labrum around the Oklahoma game in September.
“There are a lot of things to consider in the equation. Who’s staying? Who’s coming back?” he said then. “Here is the new head coach. There are a lot of things I have to do, but the first thing I have to do is be healthy and I have to decide what I want to do with my right shoulder.”
Even playing for much of the year behind an O line that frankly struggled, Thompson’s 2,407 passing yards ranked seventh in school history while his 17 touchdown passes are tied for 10th in Nebraska’s season standings. At the end of the regular season, Thompson ranked 10th nationally in passing yards per completion (13.9) and 14th in passing yards per attempt (8.8).
The Huskers just added another QB commitment to the fold last week, with a transfer from Georgia Tech Jeff Sims announcing his intention to come to Lincoln.
That would give Nebraska six stock quarterbacks at the moment: Thompson, Sims, Chubba Purdy, Logan chokes, Heinrich Haarberg and Richard Torres. Walk on Jarrett Synek also impressed the latest coaching staff enough to be included in the travel roster and even took a few shots at the end of the Michigan game.
While Husker fans wait to see what the Sims can bring to the table, there was certainly a big gap between Thompson and fellow Husker QBs last year, as was shown when the Nebraska offense s virtually stopped in games where he was injured.
Even before Rhule was hired, Thompson expressed his openness and desire to see who the Huskers chose to run the program.
“Obviously, in the grand scheme of things, we’ve been a bit behind this year and I know that for the past few years,” he said in November. “Whatever the reason, I’m excited to see who’s going to take over as head coach. Obviously they get paid a lot of money to figure these things out. But just being inside the program for the first year i would say we have to improve in our discipline, improve our performance under pressure and improve as players at all levels, and improve maybe everyone pulls the same string inside the locker room .
“A lot of different little things and it all adds up to be big things.”
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